Chicago Tribune: The Rocky Perplexity of Minerality
Chicagoan Bill St. John is a great wine writer but he apparently does not drink Midwest regional wine. (If he does, he certainly does not write about Midwest wine often, if ever.) In today’s Tribune, he explains minerality with his usual style and substance, but there’s no mention of all the great minerality within a half day’s drive of Chicago and most other locations in the Midwest. If you are seeking wine that reflects the “somewhereness” of the region where you live, wine trails to explore include the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail, the Wisconsin Ledge AVA and the Lake Erie Vines and Wines Wine Trail in Northeast Ohio. Here’s a begrudging link to Bill’s minerality article with the hope that he can someday be open-minded about the wine being produced in the Midwest: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/sc-food-0629-wine-minerality-20120704,0,4858876.story
